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- Tool-Handle.
- Patent for a hammer handle with an inner reinforcing plate which is strong and slightly flexible, so as to "be practically unbreakable" (lines 25-26) and "afford the necessary yielding action or spring to avoid jarring the hands of the operator while in use" (lines 26-29). Application of the design principle to other similar tools, such as "hatchets, axes, shovels, spades, hoes, etc." (lines 22-23), is also suggested.
- Plaiting-Machine.
- Patent for a machine that folds or plaits cloth in the desired style.
- Rock-Drill
- Patent for a rock drill design for quick drilling.
- Railroad-Bed and Rail-Support.
- Patent for increased construction and durability of railway beds and their supports. The new design allows for rail supports to be removed and replaced without disrupting the road bed portion.
- Rail-Joint.
- Patent for improving railway rail joints "without the use of fish plates or clamping bolts" (lines 12-13) and for quick and secure assembly "by any person without previous skill or knowledge" (lines 24-25).
- Rotary-Razor
- Patent for rotary razors that includes a rotating blade that approaches and passes over the skin to avoid cuts or scrapes. The blade on the razor is tilted too far out to cause cuts and scrapes, yet it provides a sufficient shave.
- Converter and Smelter.
- Patent for an improved converter and smelter mechanism that processes crushed ore, including illustrations.
- Cotton Chopper.
- Patent for a "cotton chopper attachments for cultivators and seeks to simplify the construction, reduce the cost of manufacture, and increase the efficiency os such attachments" (lines 9-13) including illustrations and instructions.
- Hose Coupling
- Patent is for improved efficiency pipe couplers on railway cars.
- Sifter
- Patent for a flour sifter with a double sieve and agitator that can be operated simultaneously. Both sieves are detachable for cleaning.
- Cake Cloth Remover and Truck Loader.
- Patent for a cake cloth remover and truck loader which can mechanically remove the press cloth from cotton and linseed cakes and deliver the cakes for loading on a truck.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper, where the hoes rotate in an elliptical shape rather than a circle.
- Jar.
- Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for a cultivator, which reduces the risk of breaking the cultivator when obstructions are met in the soil.
- Attachment for Cultivator-Beams
- Patent for an attachment for cultivator beams designed to help adjust cultivators while in usage. Illustrations included.
- Foot Scraper
- Patent for a foot scraper. Illustration included.
- Gate Operating Device
- Patent for gate operating device. Illustration included.
- GATE
- Patent for a Gate. "My invention is an improved gate adapted for use as a farm-gate and for other uses." (lines 11-12) and illustrations.
- Bale Forming Apparatus
- Patent for a bale forming apparatus. This invention is designed as an improvement to existing bale-forming apparatus.
- Fence-Post Extractor.
- Patent for a fence-post extractor that is used by placing the extractor alongside the fence-post and extracting it in a vertical line including illustrations.
- Window Display and Advertising Device
- Patent for Window Display and Advertising Device including platform with rotating parts, including illusrations.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton pressing and baling, including instructions and illustrations.
- Design for a Saddle-Pad.
- Design patent for a saddle-pad with longitudinal rows of scalloped ribs.
- Pneumatic Propulsion Means.
- Patent for a new and improved pneumatic propulsion means, including instructions and illustrations.
- Rail Bond.
- Patent for improved track circuit rail joints designed to withstand heavy usage and convey electrical currents between rails, including illustrations.
- Gin-Feed for Roller-Compresses.
- Patent for a machine that carries cotton from the cotton gin to the the cotton compressor, and that cleans and forms the cotton for compression. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Knee-Protector.
- Patent for leg protectors that have "a pad or reinforcement on the knees thereof, such as will afford a sufficient protection against injury by stones or other hard substances or irregularities on the surface of the ground or other place upon which the wearer is obliged to kneel." (Lines 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Resuscitating Apparatus
- Patent for a respiratory or resuscitating apparatus that can be quickly attached and easily manipulated. Illustrations and instructions are included.
- Insufflator.
- Patent for an ejector meant to apply "powder for medicinal purposes to afflicted parts of the body without difficulty" (lines 10-12).
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for a baling-press used for baling cotton "in which the cotton-bat is wound into a cylindrical form without the use of a metal or similar core" (lines 11-13).
- Machine for Stuffing Mattresses.
- Patent for an improved and simple automatic machine for stuffing mattresses that is similar to previous patents granted to the inventor (Nos. 376,399 and 399,093). The mattresses can be of different widths.
- Sash-Balance.
- Patent for a sash-balance made up of a window-frame with a weight-box and window-sashes on either side of the frame. It is operated by one chord, pulleys, a single weight-box, and a locking device.
- Automatic Railway-Gate.
- Patent for an automatic railway-gate or cattle-guard for use "at crossings, the entrances to tunnels, bridges or trestles, or at other places where it is desirable to guard the tracks" (lines 11-13). The invention is a simple and effective way for closing gates, can be operated from a distance, and is controlled by the wheels of passing trains.
- Combined Mop and Window-Cleaner.
- Patent for an improved mop and rubber holder meant to clean windows, walls, and similar surfaces. It is adjustable, and the operator can put the mop or the rubber on the end of the handle.
- Sash Balance
- Patent for a sash balance in a window frame.
- Hydraulic Propulsion of Vessels.
- Patent for a new and improved hydraulic propulsion. This design "is to provide an improved means for the application of the jet principle in the hydraulic propulsion of vessels; and it consists in the combination, with the hull of the vessel, of one or more main or trunk tubes arranged longitudinally to the vessel and of tapering shape, largest at its front end, which is open, and provided along its length with a series of nozzles opening along the side of the vessel in rearward direction, and one or more propeller-wheels arranged within the main tube and adapted to suck water in at the front" (lines 8-20).
- Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
- Patent for an improved cotton-chopping machine, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
- Patent for improvements on machinery for the manufacture of ice.
- Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles
- Patent for "improvements to powered vehicles with combined rim-wheel(s) in combination with a truck(s), resting upon the inner and lower part of the rim, and supporting a carriage-body or frame, crank-shaft. with one or more pinions, and guide-rollers." (line 8)
- Improved Ship-Viameter.
- Patent for improvements in ship viameters.
- Improvement in Coffee-Pot.
- Patent for improvements to a coffee pot. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improved Mode of Extracting Essences.
- Patent for improvements in extracting essences from objects inserted into a new contraption. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.